Deans' stroke musings: Impact of early rehabilitation on post-stroke quality of life

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Impact of early rehabilitation on post-stroke quality of life

An absolutely useless study! DO THE FUCKING RESEARCH THAT GETS SURVIVORS RECOVERED! Are you that blitheringly stupid? You will be when you are the 1 in 4 per WHO that has a stroke!

Impact of early rehabilitation on post-stroke quality of life

Brenda A. Ortega-Miranda¹^*

Daniel Canaán-Pérez¹

¹Department of Emergency, Hospital General de Zona No. 20 La Margarita, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Puebla, Puebla, México

Abstract

Background:

Stroke cerebrovascular accident, is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Early rehabilitation has been shown to improve patients’ functionality and quality of life (QoL).

Objective:

The objective of the study is to compare QOL in patients with ischemic stroke who received early rehabilitation.

Material and methods:

A comparative study was conducted in a secondary care hospital. Ninety patients over 18 years of age with ischemic stroke were included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups (with and without early rehabilitation). The stroke-specific quality of life scale-38 score and the modified Rankin Scale were administered at 72 h and 30 days. Descriptive statistics were used, and comparisons were made using the Chi-square test.

Results:

55.5% were men, with a mean age of 68 years. 68.8% had at least one risk factor, with high blood pressure being the most common. The predominant sequelae were hemiplegia in 74.4%. At 72 h and 30 days, patients with early rehabilitation had less disability (p = 0.000) and better QoL (p = 0.000).

Conclusion:

Early rehabilitation after ischemic stroke significantly improves functionality and QoL. Its early incorporation should be considered a fundamental part of comprehensive stroke management.